Name/Title
'Bay Farm Island' by Kos & Evanosky, 2019Entry/Object ID
2021.119.3Description
Acc. No. 21.119.3
Subject Category: Bay Farm Island
Date or Period: 2019
Object: book
Description: softbound book with glossy card stock paper cover, featuring an image of a man with dog on a path through weeds along water, with title in black type on yellow background: 'Bay Farm Island, subtitle, 'A Hidden History of Alameda'. Front also has a printed circular seal stating ''History is all around us, Alameda California Development History' and 'Number 5 in a Series'. Authors Eric J. Kos & Dennis Evanosky. Published by Stellar Media Group, 3215 Encinal Ave., Suite J. ISBN 978-0-615-55187-6.
Size: L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Book about Bay Farm Island, the 5th book written by Dennis Evanosky and varying partners. The book describes the development of Bay Farm Island from an island flanked by Marsh in Ohlone time, through the Spanish and Mexican period under the Peraltas, the founding of Alameda by Chipman and Aughinbaugh, and the development by Ron Cowan to a peninsula attached to Oakland.
Acquired from: Alameda Museum
Catalog Date: 10/21/2021
